WPP (WPP)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

769.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.60p
  • 52 Week High: 855.00
  • 52 Week Low: 678.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,078.55m
  • Volume: 10,169,005
  • Market Cap: £8,296m
  • RiskGrade: 162

WPP Overview

WPP is one of the world's largest communications services groups, specialising in advertising, and public relations. The group has 62,000 people working in 1,400 offices in 103 countries. Major clients include American Express, AT&T, Colgate-Palmolive, GlaxoSmithKline and Nestlé.

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WPP Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.3 2.3
Op Mrgn 3.6% 12.8%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E 74.7 8.8
PEG n/a 0.0
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.7
Pr/Book 2.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.9% -14.5%
PBT -70.1% 367.5%
EPS -83.4% 750.7%
DPS n/a -3.3%

WPP Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 13,234.10 982.10 50.20p 21.2 n/a -46% 22.70p 2.1%
31-Dec-20 12,002.80 (2,790.60) (243.20)p n/a n/a n/a 24.00p 3.0%
31-Dec-21 12,801.10 950.80 53.40p 21.0 n/a n/a 31.20p 2.8%
31-Dec-22 14,428.70 1,159.80 62.20p 13.2 0.8 +16% 39.40p 4.8%
31-Dec-23 14,844.80 346.30 10.30p 73.1 n/a -83% 39.40p 5.2%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

WPP Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-24 12,685.71 1,618.89 87.62p 8.8 0.0 +751% 38.10p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 12,761.73 1,681.40 90.81p 8.5 2.3 +4% 39.32p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 13,040.20 1,734.27 96.14p 8.0 1.4 +6% 40.22p 0.0%

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WPP Company Announcements

Acquisition 10-Sep-2024 12:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights and Capital 02-Sep-2024 17:04 RNS
WPP to sell its majority stake in FGS Global 07-Aug-2024 07:00 RNS

WPP ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish higher amid global r... 07-Aug-2024 ShareCast
WPP lowers guidance after steady first-half perf... 07-Aug-2024 ShareCast
WPP appoints ex BT boss Philip Jansen as new chair 30-Jul-2024 ShareCast

WPP Top Newspaper Links

Advertising giant WWP lines up industrialist Rob... 19-Dec-2014 Express & Star
WPP agrees £800m cloud deal with IBM 03-Dec-2014 Telegraph
Publicis agrees £2.3bn takeover of Sapient after... 04-Nov-2014 Guardian

Latest WPP Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

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Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

WPP Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 769.20p
Change Today -1.60p
% Change -0.21 %
52 Week High 855.00
52 Week Low 678.80
Volume 10,169,005
Shares Issued 1,078.55m
Market Cap £8,296m
RiskGrade 162

WPP Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
82.04% above the market average82.04% above the market average82.04% above the market average82.04% above the market average82.04% above the market average
74.47% above the sector average74.47% above the sector average74.47% above the sector average74.47% above the sector average74.47% above the sector average
Price Trend
26.89% above the market average26.89% above the market average26.89% above the market average26.89% above the market average26.89% above the market average
8.33% above the sector average8.33% above the sector average8.33% above the sector average8.33% above the sector average8.33% above the sector average
Income
39.74% above the market average39.74% above the market average39.74% above the market average39.74% above the market average39.74% above the market average
4.76% above the sector average4.76% above the sector average4.76% above the sector average4.76% above the sector average4.76% above the sector average
Growth
95.06% below the market average95.06% below the market average95.06% below the market average95.06% below the market average95.06% below the market average
95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average95.45% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 2
Neutral 7
Sell 2
Strong Sell 2
Total 17
neutral
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WPP Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Oct-24 06-Jun-24
Paid 01-Nov-24 05-Jul-24
Amount 15.00p 24.40p

Trades for 20-Sep-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:47 40,882 @ 769.20p
16:39 483,215 @ 769.20p
16:36 155,044 @ 769.20p
16:36 155,044 @ 769.20p
16:29 101 @ 769.60p

WPP Key Personnel

CEO Mark Read
CFO Joanne Wilson

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